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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-09-01
CONTENTS
[01] Pre-election TV debates to be held on September 10 and 14, ND
sources say
[02] Potami leader Theodorakis: Greece doesn't want to return to the
past of Tsipras or Meimarakis
[01] Pre-election TV debates to be held on September 10 and 14, ND
sources say
ANA-MPA -- SYRIZA spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili contacted the head of New
Democracy's press office Penelope Gavra and proposed that pre-election
TV debates be held on September 10 and September 14, ND sources said
on Tuesday.
Gavra accepted the proposal and said that all other planned engagements
for ND leader Vangelis Meimarakis will be cancelled on those two days,
the sources said. They added that the first debate will probably include
all the leaders of the main parties, while the second will be between
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and Vangelis Meimarakis.
[02] Potami leader Theodorakis: Greece doesn't want to return to the
past of Tsipras or Meimarakis
ANA - MPA -- Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis urged Greeks on Monday
to reject the main contenders in the election battle, SYRIZA and New
Democracy, saying it's an "old fairy tale" to believe one of them can
save Greece.
"Greece doesn't want to return to the past of Mr. Tsipras, or to the
past of Mr. Meimarakis," Theodorakis told attendees at an election event
held in Thessaloniki where he also answered questions by journalists.
The leader of Potami accused Tsipras of being "incredibly insolent" for
asking voters for outright majority that would give him the opportunity
to make new bad decisions. During his speech, he outlined some of his
party's proposals for a series of issues, including:
-Barring anyone from becoming a minister unless he/she has accumulated
five-years-worth of insurance stamps -Two consecutive parliamentary
tenures with a maximum of four in total -No pension from serving
in parliament -Breaking up large constituencies and abolishing
the 50-seat bonus granted to the first party -No new taxes -Free and
untaxed transfers of real estate -Distributing the unified property tax
(ENFIA) to the municipalities -Privatizations with transparency during
the government's first six months -Return VAT to exporting businesses
with a clean register -Motives to farmers to sell their products through
producers' groups -Immediate review of the way the 2 billion euros of EU
funds are distributed to farmers to include all of them and not just the
"cunning ones" -A single commission's body
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